The Washington critic., 1887-12-10
GENERAL NEWS OF THE DAY.


The report is confirmed that Nj. Fall
Heres French Ministry will include sew
eral members of the late government,
including NJ. Rouvier, NJ. Flourens and
General Ferron, The radical groups
will meet soon to discuss the attitude to
be taken by the party toward M. Fal-
lieres' Cabinet. The first act of the
new ministry will be the adoption of
repressive measures against the Paris
in view bill will be introduced to mod
ify the mode in which members of the
council are elected.
The fact that there is a lack of cohe-
sion among the French Republican fac
tions. which is almost hopeless, is
abundantly evidenced by President Car
not's i'll success in forming n Cabinet,
and his nomination of M. Fallieres TO
undertake the work abandoned by NJ.
Goblet confirms the desperate straits in
which the President finds himself. To
men not thoroughly imbued with the
idea that the President is wholly ingen-
uous, it is evident that NJ. Carnot is seek
ing u weak and inoffensive man
as Premier, hoping then to control the
ministry himself, while the strong
men in the Cabinet he would place in
subordinate positions.
The memorial statue of the Manches-
ter martyrs was unveiled at Limerick,
Ireland, last night, advantage having
been taken Of the night and the circum-
stance Of the funeral of a member of the
local branch Of the National League to
perform the ceremony interrupted II
fortnight ago. DIR. Mclnnerney pre-
sided. The police were taken by sur
prise and learned of the affair only
short time before it was concluded, but
did not interfere with the proceedings.
A large crowd of University students
of Moscow made an attack yesterday on
NJ. Brighaloff, the government inspector.
They also Missed Count Vapnist, the
rector of the University, and engaged in
other riotous demonstrations. Finally
a force of Cossacks was called out to
suppress the disturbance. The troopers
charged the students, applying the knout
vigorously and the crowd was quickly
dispersed. Several hundred Of the
students were arrested The offenders
will probably be expelled from the
University.
The delegates of the Scotch Home
Rule Union, who have been making a
tour of Ireland, have returned to Glas-
gov, and report that the Irish people
are eager for peace; that their demands
are moderate, and that the National
League is the chief agency for the main
tenance of law and order. They say
they are convinced that the Irish are
Home Rulers and not Separatists. No
one in Ireland fears religious persecu-
ton. The delegates declare that the
measures taken by the present English
Government are ineffective and irritate
the mass of the Irish nation.
The members of the Provisional Com
mittee of Philadelphia knights of Labor,
who issued the anti-administration cir
cular on Saturday last, have received re.
sponses from nearly every section of the
country. Most of the writer's declare
that something must be done to check
the inroads of the administration upon
the principles and primary purposes of
the order, and this can be accomplished,
they assert, only by placing at its head
men in whom implicit confidence can be
placed.
The first trial by jury of the merits of
an application for liquor license ever
known in that State occurred in the SUI
preme Court in New York yesterday.
1t was in pursuance of law passed by
the Legislature in 1886, giving applicants
for liquor licenses the right to appeal
from the Excise Board to the courts.
The proprietor Of the Cremorne Garden,
n notorious concert hall, was refused a
renewal of his license recently by the
Excise Board, partly on account Of the
bad reputation of the place and partly
on account Of protests of citizens living
in the neighborhood. He promptly
took the matter into court, and yesterday
II jury rendered verdict in his favor
on the ground that the bad character of
the place had not been technically
proven.
1t is semi-ofiicially announced at st.
Petersburg that the reports in the Aus
trian and German papers regarding the
movements of Russian troops are in
exact. Since the Cars return from
Copenhagen no order has been given for
the reinforcement Of the troops on the
Galician frontier. The recent move
ments of troops were made in compliance
with orders issued over a year ago, in
Guiding the transfer Of the Orenburg
division of cavalry which was recently
effected. 1t is semi-officially denied at
Vienna that the German Government
had recommended that Austria adopt
precautionary military measures. The
meeting of the military council was en-
tirely due to the spontaneous resolution
of the Austrian authorities,